The resistible force against the moveable object!

Huddersfield it is then in the FA Cup where anything can happen, especially if you give them a pretty poor side to face. A Huddersfield side that I ended up watching by chance in a sports bar in Bulgaria the other week as it was on in the background behind the bar, and I watched them play some delightful football against an in form Brighton team, eventually winning convincingly.

So, we set up with in my mind an over rotated squad team, that lacks any real creativity in the middle and has Kolarov in a position he should never play again at left back. Then not surprisingly what happens is you carry none of that new found confidence into the game!

Myself, I would have played Kolarov and Otamendi in the middle, given Clichey a game. Then in the midfield rested Fernandhinhio playing Fernando and Delph holding and given a young creative player like Garcia a run out or otherwise play an old head like Yaya, rather than the uncreative brick of a midfield we started with.

So, no surprise it's flat - we played decidedly average giving them hope and eventually we have to bring on a couple of big guns in king Kev and Sane, but even they can't change the flow of this boring stagnant game that ended as it started at 0-0, having zero impact upon my life apart from a modicum of frustration. For me there's a way of winning those that rests enough players, avoids major injuries and most importantly keeps motivation, confidence and momentum in the camp. As who needs a replay! However, alas, replay it is!

The couch.